Question follow-through · 62184
State Retirement Pensions: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing early state pension access for people with a terminal illness.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 1 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing early state pension access for people with a terminal illness.
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Jul 2025
Answer published
There has been no recent assessment. The principle of having a State Pension age that is the same for everybody has the merit of simplicity and clarity through providing an important trigger moment for planning purposes. It has always been the case that n...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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